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I'll be honest, I only watched this because I am a huge movie soundtrack fan. Andrew Lockington gave a fantastic score to this movie, so I wanted to see what the movie was like that went along with that great music. Journey 2 is just a silly as it wants to be. In a weird way, it doesn't pander to adults with raunchy jokes, like most live-action kids movies. Its just a big, fun adventure movie.
The story is Sean Anderson. He is not bonding well with new stepfather Hank. But then, Sean receives a coded message from his grandfather. Hank helps him decode the message, and after a little arguing, Hank and Sean go off to find the Mysterious Island. They are flown to the Island by a helicopter pilot named Gabato and his daughter Kailani. They get to the Island and find Sean's grandfather Alexander, but the Island is quickly sinking. They stranded party must then find a way off the Island, with the help of Jules Verne.
Josh Hutcherson stars as Sean. He is one of my favorites, and he is very good in this movie. Its crazy to think, him being only 4 years older than me, that he has 2 major movie franchises going at the moment, with the Journey series and The Hunger Games. Dwayne Johnson plays Hank, Sean's stepfather. Its kind of amazing how much effort it seems he poured into this character. He is funny, well acted, sings, and has some action scenes of course. And Dwayne Johnson really proves his acting talents with this. He plays a great father figure to Sean. Michael Caine plays Alexander, Sean's grandfather. Its weird, because of the nature of the movie, Caine gets to really let his hair down. The banter between Johnson and Caine is very enjoyable. Vanessa Hudgens plays Kailani, Sean's love interest, and Gabato's daughter. She does well with the little she has. Its a shame, because her character could have used more development. And lastly Luis Guzman plays Kailani's father. He is supposed to be the comic relief, but whenever he's trying to be funny, he just comes off as being annoying. But surprisingly he is much better when he is being serious, and there are some nice scenes between Gabato and Kailani.
Overall, this movie is silly, yes. But it is supposed to be. The visual aspect of it is mostly stunning, the action is, for the most part, impressive, and the actors are all going above and beyond the call of duty, especially Johnson. And I got what I originally came for, the score by Andrew Lockington is just as spectacular in movie as out of movie. As for the movie, if you have the right expectations, this will probably hit them.
"So, who's up for an adventure?" 6.5/10
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Sebastian Montesinos on 7/15/12 at 10:27 AM
Wow you liked this better than tintin? WTF. It has a predictable and boring story, terrible acting, and the worst and most overused CGI ever.
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Seth S. on 7/15/12 at 02:22 PM
The whole deal is that I had high expectations for Tintin. I always look to see, did the movie succeed at what it set out to do. I think Tintin could have been better. Considering the story, I don't think Journey 2 could have been better...make sense.
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Sebastian Montesinos on 7/16/12 at 06:08 AM
I understand your rating for Tintin, you wanted it to be good because it was tintin and where expecting the best. What I don't understand is how you gave this 70? The acting is bad, the CGI is terrible and overused, the story is un-original, and just a boring and un-original movie... I don't see how you liked the acting.. Dwayne Johnson was ok but the rest where clearly not trying. "The visuals are stunning". No way, much better movies like avatar show good visuals, this movie uses CGI WAY too
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Sebastian Montesinos on 7/16/12 at 06:13 AM
much, making it look completely fake "The action is, for the most part, impressive". Are you kidding me? The action is just a CGI fest that I could barely look at. I can't see at all how you liked any of the acting in this. Johnson was ok, not that special, just the others where clearly not trying. I just feel like movie ratings should be on how much you like them, not your expectations on them. This movie should not even get near a 50 in my opinion. I find it hard to believe that a normally gre
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Sebastian Montesinos on 7/16/12 at 06:13 AM
great critic and one that understands movies would give this a better rating then tintin.
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Seth S. on 7/17/12 at 05:13 AM
Yes, I get any and all criticism about the movie. But it's just the way I review stuff. So comparing the two movies, Tintin and Journey 2. They are both kids movies, so what do they need to do to hit their mark. Entertain young people and give them a good moral or message. So what was the message of Journey 2, the importance of family, working on relationships, and it encourages (kind of heavy handedly) reading. Now what was the moral of Tintin. Don't drink...and maybe follow your dreams. Expec
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Sebastian Montesinos on 7/17/12 at 06:25 AM
I don't think you finished your last comment, although I suggest not rating movies on how well they accomplished what they wanted to do. I don't think tintin was a target to teach lessons to kids, I think that it was just meant to entertain all ages. Journey 2 may have had some morals, but really tintin is the better movie. My little brother who is 9, hated journey 2 for the reasons I did, and loved tintin because he thought it was funny and entertaining. Only the smallest of kids will get any
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Sebastian Montesinos on 7/17/12 at 06:26 AM
substance from Journey 2, while all kids can get things from Tintin
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Seth S. on 7/17/12 at 06:45 AM
Yeah, I agree that Tintin is the better movie, but they had much more to work with. Two great directors, a fantastic cast, and great source material. J2 had none of that, but it still hit it's target. Don't know if that made any sense, but I agree that Tintin is the better movie. Who knows. Like I said in my review, I'm a huge movie music freak and I loved the music in this movie, maybe that blurred my vision a little lol.
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Sebastian Montesinos on 7/17/12 at 07:01 AM
Alright, although i think if you liked tintin better it should be rated higher. Glad you can understand my points.
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Seth S. on 7/17/12 at 07:10 AM
Points understood completely :)
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Jordan A. on 2/12/13 at 08:24 AM
Great review.
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Seth S. on 2/13/13 at 09:46 AM
Thanks for reading!
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Bram S. on 2/28/13 at 06:26 AM
Great review. It's nice to see another movie soundtrack fan! Have you read the original book?
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Seth S. on 2/28/13 at 01:21 PM
I have not read the original book. I've not really read any Jules Verne, sadly. And you're the second soundtrack fan I've found here on RT. A mutual friend, Joshua, also loves movie scores :D The score to this was actually my favorite of the year.
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